Associations to the word «Harken»

Wiktionary

HARKEN, verb. Alternative spelling of hearken ‘to listen, hear, regard’, more common form in the US.
HARKEN, verb. (figuratively) (US) To hark back, to return or revert (to a subject etc.), to allude to, to evoke, to long or pine for (a past event or era).
HARKEN BACK, verb. Alternative form of hearken back

Dictionary definition

HARKEN, verb. Listen; used mostly in the imperative.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King